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#78
Originally Posted by Rauha View Post
"Mr Vanjoki agreed with suggestions that handset makers using Android could have low operating margins and claimed they were likely to enjoy only temporary relief with Google’s operating system. He compared the companies to Finnish boys who “pee in their pants” for warmth during the cold winter."
If I remember correctly, this was the reason why Symbian was started in the first place: to fight "PCization" of the phone market with Windows Mobile, in order to ensure that mobile phone manufacturers had an OS that they could control and have high margins on.
 

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